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April 12th

from Heyse - 2016 by Heyse

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Verse 1:

Black on Black

6:00 in the morning
Gimme a little while longer to get my rest,
I set my alarm for 10 more minutes
Then I forget,
To get up when
It goes off,
Sleeping too good,
Rather stay awake than doze off
Maybe then I'll finish
This whole list I gotta do,
Cause this 9-5 is interfering,
Giving me the blues,
This won't last forever's
What I tell myself
But I can choose
To keep getting distracted
When I'm focusing,
Or put my full
effort in it,
It's simple,
The armed services looking good,
Got big dreams for my legacies,
Like black men should,
But I still fight everyday with this music,
It's no way God gave me this gift just to lose it,
I refuse to believe it,
But I get squeamish thinking about the chances,
Of making it big,
My aunt and uncle kept telling me
Chances
Are you won't make it so stay safe,
It hunted me forever
Locking this fear inside my brain,
Man...


Verse 2:

So on this new day of April 12th, 2016,
I'll get rid of the fear that's plagued my mind since 16,
Before I went to Bowie State,
And pursued something
That wasn't in my heart,
Just to keep my folks jumping,
For joy,
If I deploy,
I'll leave you with this one thing,
Never give up your passion
Life is passing,
It seems,
You'll will be young forever,
But by the time you're reaching 25,
Your months slowly turn to days,
And you'll be left wondering why,
You let another convince you,
That your dream is not quite valid,
If it's not conventional,
You're better off just looking past it,
And you don't want to do that,
You would hate driving in traffic,
Working your menial job,
When your creative mind could be grasping onto something worthy,
Of time
Cuz with every rhyme,
I feel like I'm in heaven
Living on a cloud nine
This feeling is how life should be
Don't get so caught up on tryna live your life so properly,
That you lose sight and possibly,
Your dreams

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from Heyse - 2016, released March 12, 2019
Produced by Nugget

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Heyse is a hip-hop artist, songwriter, and poet from the DC/Maryland/Virginia Area.

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